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☆Basic InformationBased on years of teaching reform and research, we have summed up the experiences and lessons of its former edition Appreciating English Movies. Taking the theories of TOPCARES-CDIO teaching reform as a guideline, and reworking the textbook according to the course integration system with an aim to cultivate the abilities of the student. While reworking this textbook, Outcome-Based Education (OBE) was a major consideration to first fully understand the aims of the course, set the outcomes of the knowledge, ability and quality goals accordingly, organize the contents and teaching methods according to the goals, and design the subjects and contents with the same approaches. In the constructing the framework of the textbook, we took the project of an English Premier as a template with the sequence of units increasing in difficulty. Meanwhile, we consulted teachers who have taught using textbook and the students who have selected the course, to make the textbook better fit the English level and learning goals of the students.The teaching goals of the curriculum are to take English movies as the core object to learn English and integrate all units with these movies to cultivate the students’ abilities to understand and appreciate artworks, improve their humanistic qualities, enlarge their international and global horizons, and enhance their understandings and learning of western cultures. To achieve the above core ability goals, we set each unit with a cultural subject. Each unit begins with a case study, cultural elements are illustrate with movie clips, and further case studies are for the students to analyze with to increase their basic movie knowledge and grow their movie appreciation skills.All the contents of the book are written in simple English, which is to help the students adjust to reading English materials and lay a solid basis for their future English curriculum. Meanwhile, considering the differences of the students and the difficulties in understanding movie jargon, we add some Chinese notes on the side of the pages to Foreword——for Appreciating English Movies 4英语电影赏析CDIO工程教育系列“十三五”规划教材help the students to understand the contents.☆Overall Design of the Textbook and Teaching SuggestionsI. A Brief Introduction of the Teaching Goals1. Application ObjectsAs a textbook for cultivating humanistic qualities, the book aims to cultivate the appreciation of beauty, enlarge international horizons, improve the cultural and artistic accomplishments, enhance the abilities of English speaking and listening, and provide necessary cultural familiarity for future international communications. The textbook is written for 4-year undergraduates and 3-year students who have passed Precto A in the Application-Oriented Universities.2. Basis RequirementsTo learn this book, the students should acquire the knowledge and skills required by the high school English teaching syllabus, master basic daily expressions, understand general conversations, and communicate fluently in English.3. Overall GoalsAfter learning the textbook, the students will be able to understand and analyze artistic works, increase the understanding of international cultures, learn and understand English cultures.4. Compiling TeamThe textbook is compiled by the curriculum team, which consists of members from China and foreign teachers utilizing a rich experience teaching English, as well as deep understanding of culture values in English films and English society. All of the members have years of teaching experience in Dalian Neusoft University of Information which enables them understand the students’ interests as well as the features of their learning activities. The joint efforts of all the compilers contribute to an interesting and informative textbook.II. Logic System Framework1. Basic StructureWe selected cultural topics that are representative and positive aspects of cultural artistry, humanistic qualities, and culture transfer from a wide range of materials. All the units are arranged in the sequence of difficulty, from the easiest to the most difficult: from Foreword5basic college life and traditional festivals, to the social life and cultural phenomena, and advanced topics about society and future development.A major project is used throughout the whole textbook. With the implementation of the project Movie Premiere, the book aims to cultivate the abilities of appreciating movies, understanding cultural subjects, and enlarging horizons of the students. The project is presented as a series of tasks in each unit, which will come together as a major project when taken altogether.2. Contents of the TextbookThe book consists of 12 units, the subjects and contents of which are set from the culture aspects of English movies. The first 5 units start with the college life and western festivals, which the students are quite familiar with. The units from units 6 to 9 involve love, mystery, superstitions, etc., which help the students understand western culture and society. The last 3 units illustrate the profound consideration of the social concept and future development.Jianhua Sun September 2019